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In this episode, we discuss AI disruption in the industry, economic concerns, Microsoft shenanigans, OpenAI's precarious business position, and 2026 predictions for the Salesforce ecosystem and beyond. Links: Wall Street Gold on X: "🚨 RAY DALIO WARNS: “Its not a recession which is going to hit US & the World but a total breakdown of Monetary System” https://t.co/AZDZnsJ9Fy" / X David Shapiro ⏩ on X: "BEARISH ON OPENAI The investment case for OpenAI has never been more precarious than it is ...
In this episode, we discuss MuleSoft and Camel similarities and take a brief tangent on the prevalence of XML as a data format, vibe-coding, SaaS fatigue, subscription overload, and Illuminated Cloud's support for GraphQL. Links: Salesforce Feature Retirements and Major Platform Updates for 2025 | Salesforce Ben Salesforce Dark Mode Is Back: What Admins Need to Know | Salesforce Ben IC GraphQL Integration Demo - YouTube Renameforce: Salesforce Renames, Decoded...
In this episode, we discuss experiences with AI coding, layoffs and unemployment, DevOps Center, Salesforce's Q1 financials, Informatica acquisition, and AI agents. Links: Layoffs and Unemployment Grow Among College Graduates - The New York Times Victor on X: "Yann LeCun: I'm not interested in LLMs anymore - they're the past. The future is in four more interesting areas: machines that understand the physical world, persistent memory, reasoning, and planning. https://t.co/qRH7XVlbWq" / X Salesfor...
In this episode, we discuss recent Salesforce-related news, Microsoft canceling AI data center leases, sentiments that AI isn't giving Salesforce a boost, Torvald's comments on AI, vibe-coding, Apple being late to release a full Siri AI, reinforcing a certain host's opinion of web development, and other related topics. Links: Why AI Isn’t Giving Salesforce a Boost — The Information NIK on X: "🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: Microsoft will not participate in OpenAI Stargate project due to overestimation of deman...
In this episode, Jeremy and John discuss various topics including the Salesforce Super Bowl ad and its effectiveness, AI's potential impact on middle management and job markets, Salesforce's hiring strategies amidst AI advancements, and the Spring '25 release features. They also delve into authentication flow security and discuss the relevance of forums like Davos in a changing global landscape.
In this episode, we discuss Agentforce 2.0, OpenAI and general AI topics, and give our predictions for 2025. Links: Salesforce+ Event Agentforce 2-0 Marc Benioff, Salesforce Founder: Why Salesforce Isn't Hiring Software Engineers | E1236 - YouTube (1) Marcelo P. Lima on X: "Watch Nadella describe SaaS apps as nothing more than a CRUD database with some business logic, but once the business logic moves to AI agents, SaaS is over: https://t.co/oWwHS1o2V1" / X (1) Chamath Palihapitiya on X: "What I...
In this episode, we discuss the complexity of deciding between refactoring an existing org or starting over with a new org, Clara Shih's departure from Salesforce, return-to-office mandates, Agentforce Testing Center, and Marc Benioff's latest comments on AI. Links: Salesforce’s Agentforce Testing Center Ensures Accurate Agent Responses - CX Today Bold Names: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and the AI ‘Fantasy Land’ - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Thinks AI Has Hit a ...
In this episode, we discuss Benioff's comments on Microsoft Copilot and AI being overhyped, AI being a race to the bottom, and a few notable Winter '25 release note features. Links: Starboard Value's Jeff Smith says Salesforce has 'a lot more to go' Marc Benioff warns that AI, while useful, is overhyped and partly blames Microsoft | TechCrunch Google News - Search Einstein Data Prism Lightning Web Security Enablement Rollout Remains Postponed Migrate to a Multiple-Configuration SAML Framework (R...
In this episode, we discuss John Mulaney's roast of Dreamforce, AgentForce, Klarna's plans to stop using Workday and Salesforce, Illuminated Cloud, and AI-generated podcasts. Links: Comedian John Mulaney roasts SF techies at Dreamforce SF's Dreamforce conference has a warning about potential widespread layoffs (1) Amir Efrati on X: "😀 @Benioff wants to know more about Klarna CEO @klarnaseb's plans to stop using Salesforce & Workday and is not taking the public barbs lying down. from: https:...
In this episode, we discuss the Good Day, Sir! community meetup at Dreamforce, challenges with deployments, invocable methods, Salesforce's acquisition of Own, Salesforce's AI strategy, and Ellison's view on AI winners. Links: Salesforce has 'the droids you are looking for': CEO Salesforce deploys autonomous AI agents, hailing 'the third wave of the AI revolution' Salesforce's AI efforts have been 'disappointing': Analyst The Transcript on X: "$ORCL CTO Larry Ellison: "I went to dinner with @elo...
In this episode, we discuss technology bolstering tipping culture, whether the DevOps Center is ready yet, lightning UI updates, the rise and fall of Stack Overflow, and the increase of spamming on LinkedIn. Links: The rise and fall of Stack Overflow | InfoWorld (26) Post | LinkedIn Ed Elson on X: "Salesforce is not an AI company, and that’s OK. https://t.co/pgAaBQaALb" / X “Death of a Salesforce”: Why AI Will Transform the Next Generation of Sales Tech | Andreessen Horowitz...
In this episode, we discuss chaining queueables, clean programming coding laws, ServiceNow's hiring of Salesforce employees, Google I/O AI, Microsoft Surface Copilot, rumors of Google acquiring HubSpot, and Salesforce's Q1 financial results. Links: 50 Coding Laws That Would Make You A Decent Programmer. | by Alexander obidiegwu | Medium ServiceNow Is Hiring From Salesforce as Competition Heats Up (NOW, CRM) - Bloomberg How Many Times Did Google Say AI at I/O 2024? - Video - CNET Microsoft Surfac...
In this episode, we discuss unit testing, Salesforce's rumored bid to acquire Informatica, Microsoft's ARM chips, Oracle moving headquarters to Nashville, and a few notable highlights from the Summer '24 release notes. Links: Blog | mitchspano.com Decoding Salesforce’s plausible $11 billion bid to acquire Informatica | CIO Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple - The Verge Oracle’s Jump to Nashville Surprises Austin - WSJ Salesforce Summer ’24 Release Notes Salesforce-Inf...
In this episode, we discuss the need to always challenge assumptions, Jason Fried’s thoughts on SaaS, Personal AI agents, The UK’s 4-day work week, Microsoft’s unbundling of Teams and Office, Mitch Spano’s blog post on selective unit testing, Shopify poaching salesforce folks, the possibility of Apple getting into robots, Johnny Ive and Sam Altman cooking up a “personal AI device”, and the ever-aging Gmail. Links: Deploy Faster, Test Smarter: The Selective Unit Testing Strategy Every Salesforce ...
In this episode, we catch up on the TrailblazerDX event, data cloud, various topics around generative AI coding assistants, and a brief discussion on approaching data de-duplication. Links: Danielle Larregui (@DnLarregui) / X New study on coding behavior raises questions about impact of AI on software development – GeekWire Misconfigured Custom Salesforce Apps Expose Corporate Data Dare Obasanjo🐀 on X: "Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, argues that we should stop saying kids should learn to code. He...
In this episode, we discuss podcasting 2.0 and Value4Value support, becoming a developer, opinions on AI and its impact on learn-to-code, the GitHub data tracking results on the fastest-growing countries for software development, Bret Taylor's recent funding round for AI startup, activist investors trimming stake in Salesforce, and the increased popularity in passkeys. Links: Podcastindex.org Podcast Mirror - Podcasting 2.0 for everybody Begin your Journey to Salesforce. The fastest-growing coun...
In this episode, we discuss Apple Vision Pro, Watson XCode Assistant, Microsoft becoming Oracle's largest customer, highlights from the Salesforce Spring '24 release notes, Slack, lessons learned as a developer list, and Benioff's interviews at Davos and AI. Links: Apple Vision Pro - Guided Tour - Apple Salesforce deepens Apple partnership with Apple Business Messaging and AR integration IBM: Let’s create a more modern foundation for business with watsonx Code Assistant - YouTube Larry Ellison's...
In this episode, we discuss TrailblazerDX registration, Open AI and Salesforce, Salesforce as a development platform, AI coding tools, named credentials, and Salesforce's Q3 2024 earnings report. Links: Register - TrailblazerDX 2024 - Salesforce What’s New with Named Credentials | by Susannah Plaisted | Salesforce Architects | Oct, 2023 | Medium Salesforce appoints longtime executive Denise Dresser as Slack CEO Salesforce-and-AWS-Expand-Partnership-for-Customers-to-More-Easily-Build-Trusted-AI-A...
In this episode, we celebrate 10 years of producing this podcast and discuss a rant about Agile and Okta's security breach. Links: Brian Fear on X: "@SalesforceDevs I needed more CPU time in an org to create a test. The result is six times more CPU time and two times more heap. Tradeoffs apply, of course, but I thought I'd share. https://t.co/4yD345ILDP" / X I Will Fucking Haymaker You If You Mention Agile Again — Ludicity Okta's Latest Security Breach Is Haunted by the Ghost of Incidents Past |...
In this episode, we discuss the seven sins of software development, Salesforce's Einstein Trust Layer, and test Jeremy's knowledge with a bit of AI trivia. Links: 7 sins of software development | CIO GitHub - thebrettbarlow/forcelandia-practical-di Inside the Einstein Trust Layer | Salesforce Developers Blog What is a Data Lakehouse? Your Efficiency Solution | Salesforce Salesforce Launches Next Generation of Einstein, Bringing a Conversational AI Assistant to Every CRM Application and Customer ...
In this episode, we discuss our reactions to Marc Benioff's Dreamforce '23 Main Keynote. Links: Salesforce+ Dreamforce Main Keynote I build products on Salesforce, and yes Marc Benioff, I am a developer and in your words I am a hardliner....
In this episode, we discuss the Good Day, Sir! Community meetup at Black Hammer, Dreamforce 2023 and Benioff's comment to move the conference out of San Francisco, DevOps and deployments, permissions, Salesforce Park's Sho Restaurant canceled, Lightning web component improvements, and McKinsey's partnership with Salesforce. Links: Dreamforce 2023: Schedule Marc Benioff Threatens to Move Dreamforce Conference Out of SF Over Homelessness, Drug Use McKinsey partners with Salesforce on AI adoption f...
In this episode, we discuss low-code tools, code semantics, product first vs. code first, branching strategy, Nvidia's sales growth, AI grifting, and some notable updates from the Winter '24 release notes. Links: Broken Promises of the Low-Code Approach - The New Stack Cory House on X: "Some programmers are code-first. They focus on the code. Other programmers are product-first. They focus on the product and user experience. Strive to be product-first. Remember the Rule of Good Code: "If the pro...
In this episode, we discuss green coding, Hyperforce, recent lawsuits aimed at Salesforce, layoffs, quiet terminations, and funny videos by Ike Wagh. Links: Salesforce needs a new mascot! - YouTube 4 Ways Coders Can Fight The Climate Crisis How Big is the CO2 Footprint of AI Models? ChatGPT's Emissions The Bill Comes Due for Microsoft’s AI Push — The Information How to Prepare for an Org Migration Salesforce said to lay off more employees after January's purge (CRM) | Seeking Alpha Microsoft dis...
In this episode, we get out of the office and record from our local watering hole, Thirsty Growler. We discuss AI and its general impact on developers, the repository pattern, SOQL Lib, SF CLI 2.0, Figma, Certinia, FFLib, Anchor Brewing, and many tangents thanks to the beer. Links: Long Sequence Modeling with XGen: A 7B LLM Trained on 8K Input Sequence Length Salesforce Introduces XGen-7B, A Large Language Model With Longer Context Support 'F—king bulls—t': A shocked San Francisco reacts to the ...
In this episode, we discuss Apple's announced Vision Pro, the annoyance of the GPT buzzword, Salesforce and Google Cloud AI offerings, Brett Taylor's play for CEO, and Salesforce as a job title. Links: Salesforce Platform API Versions 21.0 through 30.0 Retirement Google Cloud and Salesforce team up to bolster AI offerings | TechCrunch Bret Taylor's failed Play to Become Salesforce's Sole CEO I don’t think people should have “Salesforce” in their title : r/salesforce DA Ledger on Twitter: "Salesf...
In this episode, we discuss subscription services, ChatGPT, a somewhat uninteresting developer ecosystem survey by JetBrains, and other Salesforce-related topics. Links: Tetris — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ - YouTube Layoff Uncertainty at Meta Makes 2023 a Year of Distraction — The Information Salesforce Creates New Performance Metrics, and Gives 'PEP' Offers Conan & Andy - In the Year 2000 #1 (1997-01-01) - YouTube Salesforce shuttering Slack's Future Forum research group | Fortune Gergely...
In this episode, we discuss topics from TrailblazerDX '23, Salesforce's focus on profitability, and new core products for Education and Non-Profit. Links: Apex: What’s New and What’s Coming Permissions Updates | Learn MOAR Spring '23 - Salesforce Admins Don't Call It a Comeback. Salesforce Stock Is Just Getting Started. | The Motley Fool Salesforce’s New Nonprofit Cloud: Uniting Programs, Fundraising, Engagement, and Outcomes for Greater Impact - Salesforce.org Salesforce’s Reimagined Education ...
In this episode, we discuss Streamscript, platform events, EinsteinGPT, Bret Taylor's new venture, Http Trailers, Code Analyzer, and 37Signals move to a private cloud. Links: Introducing Streamscript managed package - Synchronize Data between External System and ISV app - Salesforce Stack Exchange Marc Benioff on Twitter: "CRM just got a whole lot smarter with the new Salesforce EinsteinGPT! No more boring reports, now it'll write them for you with jokes included. #EinsteinGPT #tdx23 🤖💻😂 http...
